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CASSIA ODORATA. 



Sweet-scented Cassia. 



Decandria. Monogynta. 



Class 10. Order 1. 



Cassia ; by Dioscorides xccTcricc. The derivation of this term is un- 

 known. 



Linn. gen. n. 514. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Cell. Perianth pentaphyllous, concave, coloured, deciduous. Cor. 

 Petals five, roundish concave, the inferior ones more distant, more 

 spreading, larger. Stani. Filaments ten, declined : the three in- 

 ferior ones longer j the three superior ones shorter. Anthers : the 

 three inferior very large, gaping at the tip ; the four lateral ones 

 without the rostrum gaping ; the three superior ones very small, 

 sterile. Pisf. Germ sub-columnar, long peduncled. Style very 

 short. Stigma obtuse, ascending. Per. Legume oblong, partitions 

 transverse. Seeds many, roundish, affixed to the superior suture. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 



Leaflets in eight pairs. Stipules linear, pointed. 



Stem shrubby, of a brownish green. Leaves alternate, of a 

 dark green on their upper surface, but lighter with a brown 

 tinge underneath. Flowers yellow, sweet-scented. Stamens 

 with purple anthers. Pistil green. 



